Online course
Enter the world of Sport Walking and discover your true potential. ‘Get Sport Walking’™ reveals all you need to know to become a Sport Walker and to get the most out of Sport Walking.
The Course
Sport Walking is all about walking strongly with a purpose for fitness, challenge or adventure but challenge is the big prize and ‘Get Sport Walking’™ is the key that unlocks it!
Get Sport Walking™ is a ‘practical’ course, so there’s knowledge and information, paired with actions that you can put into practice. You get six modules with three and a half hours of essential learning and it’s structured so that you can put what you’ve learnt into practice before moving on to the next section.
We’ll show you how you can change the way you walk, making your movement more effective and efficient, so you can do more with less effort. We reveal the world of walking Challenges and show you how the simple act of walking can take you further than you ever thought possible, building self belief and giving you an enriching activity to last a lifetime.
Who is this course for?
Get Sport Walking™ is aimed at anyone who’s already physically active and looking to take up Sport Walking – an energetic form of walking focused on fitness, challenge and adventure.
IMPORTANT: This course is not suitable for anyone just starting out with physical activity or those who are at a very early stage of building physical activity into their life. The guidance around using walking to build fitness is not aimed at complete beginners but at those who already have a reasonable level of mobility and fitness.
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Your instructor
Roger Burlinson is the founder of Sport Walk and has walked ultramarathons, non-stop, up to 100 miles in length. He has years of experience, completing both organised ultras and personal challenges and through Sport Walk has taught people how to walk more efficiently, so they can go longer more easily.
Roger devised our ‘Three Step Technique Adaptation’™ that turbo charges a normal walking style, making it more effective and energy efficient and he shares this method within this course. Roger also has a wealth of knowledge about training, conditioning, nutrition, hydration and equipment.
More than this though, Roger’s positivity about the potential that everyone has inside them, will convince even the most sceptical participant that they can succeed.
“This man just taught me I’ve been walking wrong my whole life!”
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Curriculum
Get Sport Walking™ has over three and a half hours of video lessons, spread over forty three lectures in six sections, making it the most comprehensive source of learning about Sport Walking available.
1. Introduction
- Introduction to the course
- What you’ll learn
- Becoming a Sport Walker
- What gear you’ll need
- Walk everywhere!
- ACTION – first steps
2. The basics
- How do Sport Walkers walk?
- Improve your walking style
- Cadence & stride length
- Everyday Sport Walking
- ACTION – get established
3. Discovering your potential
- Why speed matters
- Understanding Leg Drive
- Leg Drive demonstration
- Using data
- Conducting speed tests
- Time goals & your pace
4. Gear & fuelling
- Sport Walking equipment
- Equipment specifics
- Fuelling for Sport Walks
- Hydration essentials
- Carrying all your gear
5. Challenge yourself
- Where it can take you
- Challenge locations
- Organised events
- Personal challenges
- Key challenge targets
- Build strength with hills
6. Getting adventurous
- Adding adventure to challenge
- Adding challenge to adventure
- Mental resilience
- Conclusion & where next
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